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Below are links to a series of audio interview clips with Veterans visiting the Living Museum, part of the nationwide commemorative events to mark the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

These will be added to throughout Veterans Awareness Week.  For more news items on Veterans Awareness Week and the 60th Anniversary Commemorations, see our News page or our Press Information page.

To find out more about the exciting programme of events planned for the week please visit the official website.

Dennis Griffiths Private 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Forresters from Ely: click on the links below to hear interview clips: "I was a POW for 3½ years, commencing from February 15th..." [Clip is mp3 format / size 284Kb] "We've come to remember the prisoners of war in the Far East..." [Clip is mp3 format / size 340Kb] "'No Not the Poppy' in this remembrance, but the pale orchid..." [Clip is mp3 format / size 431Kb]

John Concannon: Glider Pilot and also with the Tank Corps from Slough: click on the links below to hear interview clips: "The reason the war came was through the generation before..." [Clip is mp3 format / size 555Kb]

Related articles:

•  Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War Two

Related links:

• WW2 60th Anniversary Commemorations
• Veterans Agency
• Veterans Agency - Calendar of Events
• Imperial War Museum
• Their past-your future
• The Royal British Legion
• WW2 Peoples War
• Big Lottery Fund